The Department of Linguistics at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is pleased to announce a conference to be held on 15-16 November 2013. Entitled ‘Discourse, Gender, and Sexuality: South-South Dialogues’, the conference aims to bring together scholars from diverse fields of knowledge as well as geographical regions who are interested in showcasing work on any aspect of the relationship between discourse, gender and sexuality in the global South.

There are no conference fees. Lunches and coffee breaks are offered by the conference organizers.

2nd Call for Papers:

Extended abstract submission: 15 May 2013

Possible thematic areas may include, but are not limited to:

Gender, sexuality, and the bodyGender, sexuality and disabilitiesIdentity and desireGender, sexuality and powerIntersections of gender, sexuality, class, race and ageGender, sexuality and povertyGender, sexuality and the media Gender, sexuality and violenceGender, sexuality and multilingualismGender, sexuality and space/placeGender, sexuality and social theory

The abstract should be written in English and not exceed 300 words. The abstract should be submitted no later than 15 May to dgswits2013gmail.com.